Archive - Democracy in the (Dis)Information Age of The Freedom Academy with Asha Rangappa

Class Assignment!

What motivates our tribal behavior?

Apr 4 •

March 2024

Class 30. Disinformation and the Rule of Law

Barb McQuade discusses the effect of disinformation and social media on polarization, elections, and political violence.

Mar 29 •

58:18

Guest Speaker (Barb McQuade!) Zoom Link, 3/28/24 4p.m. EDT

I am so excited for today’s conversation with guest speaker Barb McQuade, author of Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America! Many…

Mar 28 •

March 20, 2024 Office Hours Zoom Link, 5-6 p.m. EDT

https://yale.zoom.us/j/96687490943?from=addon

Mar 20 •

Class 29. Social Media and Social Trust

Socially, we are in a technological no-man's land that combines the worst aspect of all of the innovations that have come before social media.

Mar 13 •

Class Assignment!

The fast-breaking legal developments on the Trump front have gotten me a little behind on the class lessons, but hopefully that’s given some of you a…

Mar 6 •

February 2024

New Zoom Link!!!

Please use this one for today’s office hours, I have no idea why the one I sent earlier doesn’t work: https://yale.zoom.us/j/91841804411?from=addon…

Feb 29 •

February 29, 2024 Office Hours Zoom Link, 5-6 p.m. EST

I hope you can join for our office hours today — we have soooooo much to talk about! I tried to do a later time today than normal in the hopes that some…

Feb 29 •

Class 28. The Changing Landscape of Disinformation

The things to be worried about may not be what you think.

Feb 24 •

1:00:29

Resources from Zoom Office Hours (1/30)

We had an amazing, empowering, and hopeful (!) discussion this week about how we can each make a difference in our own corner of the earth in…

Feb 2 •

January 2024

January 30, 2024 Office Hours Zoom Link, 3-4 p.m. EST

I’m looking forward to talking with you for the first Zoom office hours of 2024! I especially welcome our new subscribers — we have a great community…

Jan 30 •

Class 27. Social Capital: The Dark Side

Weirdly, we are trusting each other more than ever...just in all the wrong ways.

Jan 24 •

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